John Thaxter to Abigail Adams, March 28, 1783
Paris 28th. March 1783 Madam Peace seems to have closed all Communication with America. ’Tis a very long time since any Vessels or Letters have arrived either in France or…
Paris 28th. March 1783 Madam Peace seems to have closed all Communication with America. ’Tis a very long time since any Vessels or Letters have arrived either in France or…
Paris March 28. 1783 My dearest Friend On the 30 Nov. our Peace was Signed. On the 28. March We dont know that you have Yet heard of it. 1…
Haverhill March 15 [ , Start insertion, 1783 , End, ] 1 My Dear Sisters If I had received your Letter 2 an hour sooner, I could have sent you…
Hamborough March 12. 1783 1 Honoured Sir I suppose you have receiv’d before now my letter from Copenhagen dated Feby. 20th. in which I wrote you that I expected to…
Paris Feby. 27th. 1783 My dearest Friend I read in a great Writer, Montesquieu that “l’honneur, en imposant la loi de servir, veut en être l’arbitre; et, s’il se trouve…
Paris 22d. Jany. 1783 Madam I little expected, when writing to You on the 16th. instant, to have so soon congratulated You upon the Signature of the Preliminaries of Peace…
Paris Jan. 22. 1783 My dearest Friend The Preliminaries of Peace and an Armistice, were Signed at Versailles on the 20 and on the 21. We went again to pay…
Saturday Evening [ , Start insertion, ca. 18 January 1783 , End, ] 1 Your letter 2 my Dear Eliza was this day handed me by your Mamma. I Love…
Paris 16th. Jany. 1783 Madam About three weeks agone, I forwarded a packet of Letters to Mr. Cranch, inclosing one to him—the first since I have been [ , Start…
Saturday Morn [ , Start insertion, ca. 11 January 1783 , End, ] 1 Your letter 2 my Dear Eliza, was, sent me yesterday afternoon. By the bearer of it…